Wärtsilä Annual Report 2009 Wärtsilä Annual Report 2009
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WÄRTSILÄ ANNUAL REPORT 2009 WÄRTSILÄ ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Contents ■■ Business ■■ Financials 1 Message to the shareholders 148 Five Years in Figures 2 This is Wärtsilä 150 Calculation of Financial Ratios 7 Strategy 151 Review by the Board of Directors 2009 11 Market environment 168 Consolidated Financial Statements 18 Ship Power review 168 Income Statement 21 Power Plants review 169 Balance Sheet 26 Services review 171 Cash Flow Statement 28 Wärtsilä Industrial Operations 173 Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity 174 Accounting Principles for the Consolidated Accounts ■■ Corporate Governance 182 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 30 Corporate Governance 215 Parent Company Financial Statements 51 Risks and risk management 215 Income Statement 60 Shares and shareholders 216 Balance Sheet 66 Information for Shareholders 218 Cash Flow Statement 67 Wärtsilä on the capital markets 2009 219 Accounting Principles for the Parent Company 220 Notes to the Parent Company Financial Statements ■■ Sustainability 228 Proposal of the Board 229 Auditors’ Report 71 Wärtsilä and sustainability 231 Quarterly Figures 2008–2009 84 Economic performance 91 Environmental performance 123 Personnel and social performance 137 Report scope and profile 139 Independent assurance report 142 GRI content index WÄRTSILÄ ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Business 1 Message to the shareholders 2 This is Wärtsilä 7 Strategy 11 Market environment 18 Ship Power review 21 Power Plants review 26 Services review 28 Wärtsilä Industrial Operations WÄRTSILÄ ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Message to the shareholders Dear shareholder, The autumn of 2008 marked a turning point in the development of Wärtsilä’s business environment. As the first signals of what turned out to become the widest financial crisis in recent history hit Wärtsilä, we entered the new phase with a record high order book. Even with part of that order book being cancelled, the year 2009 was very successful in terms of delivery volumes. Group net sales, EUR 5,260 million grew by 14 percent compared to the year 2008. Operating profit reached an all time high level of EUR 638 million (525) and the operating margin stood at 12.1 percent (11.4 percent). The Services business, which structurally has a very short order book, maintained its volumes in spite of significant lay ups of vessels. The order intake, however, was affected by weak demand, particularly for marine equipment. During the 1990’s, new ships were ordered at the rate of 1,500 ships per year and during the boom years of 2003-2008 at the rate of 4,500 ships per year. In 2009 only 400 new ships were ordered. This naturally had an effect on our Ship Power business. New orders representing only EUR 317 million (1,826) were received and cancellations representing a value of EUR 410 million were recorded. The demand for power plants continued at a healthy level. The reasons are evident: most parts of the world have neglected making adequate investments into power generation capacity for years. Environmental considerations favour investment into renewable power sources and the active search and exploration of natural resources, particularly in Africa, requires electricity. Wärtsilä’s technology is well positioned to respond to the needs arising from these trends. Although economic uncertainty held contracting activity back during the first part of the year, order intake recovered towards the end of the year. The Services business, representing 35 percent (40) of group turnover, has proven to be resilient to the financial downturn. A strong global presence, new service products and concepts combined with a broad installed base have all helped Services to maintain its business at good level of the previous year. During the last two to three years, the demand in most industrial sectors has increased rapidly. This has put our supply chain under severe pressure and has resulted in price increases, delays and even occasional quality problems. Thanks to systematic investment and development work together with gradually decreasing demand, the situation normalised during 2009 and component prices started to fall. We expect this trend to continue. The low contracting activity in the shipbuilding sector is expected to continue for more or less another two years. The first signs of recovery can be seen in some Offshore and Special vessel segments. The concentration of shipbuilding activity to Asia, particularly to China, is expected to continue. This is the basis for the adjustments in capacity within Wärtsilä Ship Power and Industrial Operations that were initiated during 2009. At the beginning of the year 2010, we announced our plans to strengthen our propeller and generating set production platform in China. Our Ship Power sales organisation has been adjusted to reflect the current needs of the market. These measures have had, and will have, an effect on employment within the group. This is naturally unfortunate, but unavoidable in order to stay competitive in the changing market 1 WÄRTSILÄ ANNUAL REPORT 2009 environment. I am confident that Wärtsilä will emerge even stronger in the marine markets as a result of this restructuring process - without compromising on our corporate values: Energy, Excellence and Excitement. Wärtsilä is a technology company and we continue to be committed to investing into research and development. These investments have remained steady at 2.7 percent of turnover (2.6). We consider it our obligation to continue developing products and services that radically reduce the level of emissions to both the air and the sea. Improved ship design, more efficient engines and propulsors, use of gas as fuel, and optimised, flexible power plant solutions all contribute to a more sustainable environment. It is our strategy to maintain and develop this proprietary know-how and to develop new service concepts around it while strengthening our production capabilities close to the markets. Due to the low demand in the shipbuilding sector, we expect net sales to decline by 10-20 percent in 2010. As a result of a stable service business, the good demand for power plants and proper adaptation of capacity, our operational profitability should be between 9-10 %, well within the upper end of our long term target range. Let me take this opportunity to thank our shareholders for your interest in our company, our customers for the confidence you have shown in our products and services, and last but not least, our employees for your undivided attention and dedication to the development of Wärtsilä. Ole Johansson President & CEO This is Wärtsilä Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2009, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 5.3 billion with over 18,000 employees. The company has operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland. Ship Power Wärtsilä is the leading provider of ship power solutions including ship design, engines, generating sets, reduction gears, propulsion equipment, automation and power distribution systems, as well as sealing solutions for the marine industry. Our customers are global or local leading companies within the merchant, offshore, cruise and ferry, navy and special vessel segments. We command a strong position in all main marine segments as a supplier of highly rated ship machinery and systems. Power Plants Wärtsilä is a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the decentralised power generation market. We offer solutions for baseload power generation, grid stability & peaking, industrial self-generation, as well as for the oil and gas industry. We provide superior value to our customers with our distributed, flexible, efficient and environmentally advanced energy solutions, which enable a global transition to a more sustainable and modern energy infrastructure. 2 WÄRTSILÄ ANNUAL REPORT 2009 Services Wärtsilä supports its customers throughout the life cycle of their installations by optimising efficiency and performance. We provide the broadest portfolio and best services in the industry for both ship power and power plants. We offer expertise, proximity and responsiveness for all customers regardless of their equipment make in the most environmentally sound way. The year 2009 in brief - A Strong year in challenging environment The year 2009 was in many ways very successful for Wärtsilä. Group net sales, EUR 5,260 million grew by 14 percent compared to the year 2008. Operating profit reached an all time high level of EUR 638 million (525) and the operating margin stood at 12.1 percent (11.4 percent). The cash flow for the review period was very strong at EUR 349 million (278). At the same time our order intake decreased clearly as a result of weak demand particularly for marine equipment. New shipbuilding orders continued to be at a standstill during the first half of the year. An environment of oversupply within the major vessel segments prevailed throughout the year. In the latter part of the year market activity picked up somewhat and first signs of recovery can be seen in some Offshore and Special vessel segments. In the power plant markets, ordering activity during 2009 was hampered by difficulties in arranging financing although demand for power plants was at a good level and offering activity remained high. Ordering activity improved